Evenly matched teams: Mazatlán U20 vs Cruz Azul U20 match preview

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Competition: Mexico U20 League
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This has the potential to be an engrossing fixture as Mazatlán U20 have their supposed home advantage, while Cruz Azul U20 lead them by 4 points in the U20 League standings.

Insights:
  • Mazatlán U20 have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest conceded goals (9) in U20 League

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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Mazatlán U20 form and stats

Mazatlán U20 have performed here this season with 6 wins from 9 U20 League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

A good away victory last time out for Mazatlán, who won 2-1 against Atletico San Luis U20.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pumas UNAM U20 (0-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Mazatlán U20 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mazatlán U20 as a small favourite), we find ten games. Mazatlán U20 has won six of these, drawn three and lost one.

The Mazatlán U20 manager has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Cruz Azul U20 form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Cruz Azul U20, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in U20 League, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Atlas U20 in their previous game.

Prior to that match, the Cruz Azul U20 manager faced defeat when travelling to Pachuca U20 and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Cruz in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cruz Azul U20, one draw and one defeat.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cruz Azul U20 are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived match involving both these participants is the Cruz Azul U20 - Mazatlán U20 4-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Mazatlán one win, three draws and Cruz Azul U20 one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Mazatlán U20 missing players

Cruz Azul U20 missing players

Mazatlán U20 Cruz Azul U20
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 17 35
13 10 4 Won W 1 4 13
5 2 0 Drew D 2 7 14
13 3 0 Lost L 2 6 8
48 27 9 Scored S 2 11 34
54 19 4 Conceded C 3 15 26
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 76% 80%
81% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 41% 49%
68% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 29% 31%
45% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 9%
26% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
68% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 35% 40%
16% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 41% 43%
19% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 37%
 
5.1 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 3.4
5.1 5.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5 5
1.5 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.2 8.7 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 22 8.2 8.2
4.8 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.2 2.2
37% 39% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 22%
 
8.8 6.8 3.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5.8 5.8
4.1 3.1 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3
Key stats in U20 League this season:
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest conceded goals (9) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the most clean sheets (5) away in U20 League
  • Cruz Azul U20 have the most clean sheets (8) in U20 League
  • Mazatlán U20 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cruz Azul U20 have scored away.
  • Mazatlán U20 have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in U20 League
  • Mazatlán U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mazatlán U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos Laguna U20 17 10 4 3 38 21 9 8 0 1 25 10 8 2 4 2 13 11 17 34
2 Cruz Azul U20 17 7 8 2 15 9 8 3 5 0 10 6 9 4 3 2 5 3 6 29
3 Mexiquense U20 17 9 2 6 24 19 8 6 1 1 15 5 9 3 1 5 9 14 5 29
4 America U20 17 7 6 4 25 19 9 4 3 2 15 10 8 3 3 2 10 9 6 27
5 Tigres UANL U20 17 8 2 7 24 19 9 7 1 1 17 6 8 1 1 6 7 13 5 26
6 Atlas U20 17 7 5 5 23 21 9 3 4 2 13 12 8 4 1 3 10 9 2 26
7 Mazatlán U20 17 7 4 6 31 30 9 6 2 1 20 12 8 1 2 5 11 18 1 25
8 Leon U20 17 7 3 7 19 19 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 2 1 6 6 12 0 24
9 Atletico San Luis U20 17 7 2 8 27 27 8 4 1 3 10 8 9 3 1 5 17 19 0 23
10 Guadalajara U20 17 7 2 8 22 26 8 2 1 5 9 13 9 5 1 3 13 13 -4 23
11 Pachuca U20 17 5 7 5 24 19 9 3 3 3 15 10 8 2 4 2 9 9 5 22
12 Puebla U20 17 5 7 5 26 31 9 4 3 2 12 11 8 1 4 3 14 20 -5 22
13 Pumas UNAM U20 17 6 3 8 27 26 9 5 0 4 19 15 8 1 3 4 8 11 1 21
14 Necaxa U20 17 5 6 6 25 28 8 3 4 1 14 8 9 2 2 5 11 20 -3 21
15 Tijuana U20 17 5 6 6 25 29 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 1 4 3 11 17 -4 21
16 Monterrey U20 17 5 4 8 25 25 8 4 3 1 16 7 9 1 1 7 9 18 0 19
17 Queretaro U20 17 4 6 7 19 29 8 1 3 4 9 16 9 3 3 3 10 13 -10 18
18 Juarez U20 17 1 5 11 11 33 8 1 3 4 6 10 9 0 2 7 5 23 -22 8